AHJ_ah02675 Inventory of the Albert Maltz Papers, 1910-1985 Maltz (Albert) Papers Processed by Keith Reynolds University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2008

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Keith Reynolds, and Laura Uglean Jackson September 2008 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Maltz, Albert, 1908-1985 Albert Maltz Papers 1910-1985 02675 65.53 cubic ft. (70 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Papers of novelist and screenwriter Albert Maltz, who was blacklisted by the House Un-Amerian Activities Committee in the 1950s. Included in the collection are materials on Maltz's testimony before HUAC in 1947, as well as published and unpublished writings, personal correspondence, research, and biographical materials. Arrangement of the Collection

This collection has been arranged into six series, and each series has varying levels of organization.

Biography of Albert Maltz

Albert Maltz (1908-1985) was a movie screenwriter, playwright, and novelist during the twentieth century. Born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Columbia University and Yale University, Maltz started his show business career as a playwright and wrote several plays during the 1930s, including the Broadway play "The Black Pit" (1935). He turned to screenwriting during the 1940s and wrote scripts for a number of movies between the 1940s and 1970s, including "The Robe" (1953). Maltz's screenwriting career was interrupted in 1947. He was a member of the "Hollywood Ten", a group of Hollywood figures who refused to answer the questions of the House Committee on Un-American Activities concerning alleged communist influence in the movie industry. For this, he was jailed for contempt of Congress and was blacklisted by the movie industry until the mid 1960s. In addition to his work in theater and movies, Maltz was author of a number of novels, including "The Journey of Simon McKeever" (1949) and "A Long Day in a Short Life" (1957), and numerous short stories.

 Scope and Content

This collection contains material pertaining to the "Hollywood Ten" and Maltz's blacklisting from Hollywood during the 1940s-1960s, including photos, correspondence, court documents, advertisements, and pamphlets. Reel to reel audio tapes of Maltz's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1947) is also included. The collection also contains Maltz's play and screenplay manuscripts (original and copies) including "The Black Pit" and "The Robe." Unproduced screenplays include "The Spy" and "Shattered Silence." Collection also holds Maltz's short story and novel manuscripts such as "Bel Canto." Correspondence covers Maltz's personal and professional life and includes letters to family members and publishers. Biographical material includes published journals and newspaper clippings, diaries, an oral history transcript and biographical manuscript, and miscellaneous items from traveling. Photos include headshots of Maltz, family and wedding pictures and pictures of theater sets.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are other archival collections created by Albert Maltz at the Wisconsin Historical Society, the University of California - Los Angeles, the New York Public Library, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University, and Columbia University.

 Acquisition Information

Esther Maltz donated the Albert Maltz collection to the American Heritage Center in 1986.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Keith Reynolds and Laura Uglean Jackson, September 2008.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. Screenwriters -- United States -- 20th century. Motion picture authorship -- United States -- 20th century. Motion picture industry -- United States -- 20th century. Motion pictures -- United States -- 20th century. Dramatists -- United States -- 20th century. Theater -- United States -- 20th century. Playwriting. Plays -- United States -- 20th century. Novelists, American -- 20th century. Literature -- United States -- 20th century. Blacklisting of authors. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Performing Arts Literature Politics, Government, and Law Social Life and Customs Container List Series I. House Committee on Un-American Activities

This series contains materials related to the Hollywood 10, House Committee on Un-American Activities, and blacklisting. Materials include court documents such as statements and testimonies, prison and other correspondence, photographs, paid advertisements, newspaper articles, pamphlets, certificates and notes.

 1-2 Letters, photographs, sound recordings, and other materials relating to the Hollywood 10, HUAC, and Blacklisting circa 1940s-1950s Series II. Manuscripts and Research Files

3 Short Stories and One Act Plays 1930s-1980s 4 Collections of Short Stories and One Act Plays, research notes for a Civil War Novel 1930s-1980s 5 Miscellaneous Short Stories and Research Notes 1930s-1980s 6 Bel Canto undated 6 Blood Brother circa 1948 7, 32 The Bridge in the Jungle circa 1964 6 Cloak and Dagger 1946, March 16 6 Day 121 (Mill Point), Unpublished undated 6 Destination Tokyo 1943, June 20 6 Elizabeth undated 8, 9 Eyewitness Report (The Cage) undated 6 Exodus (Published under pseudonym - Julian Silva) undated 10 The Flame within (play from the novel "The Cross and the Arrow" by Albert Maltz, adapted by Alan M. Miller) undated 10 Gideon's Trumpet undated 10 This Gun for Hire 1941, October 11, 32 Hang Up (The Face of Night) 1972 and earlier 10 The House I Live In and The Hollywood 10 Film 1945, May 3 and undated 39-40 Story ideas and discarded notes undated 12, 13, 14 The Journey of Simon McKeever (novel and screenplay) undated 10 Johnny Dragoo undated 10 A Long Day in a Short Life undated 15, 32 The Lovers (Modigliani) undated 15, 32 Merry Go Round and The Black Pit circa 1932 32-37 Miscellaneous undated 63 Miscellaneous Manuscripts undated 16 Monsieur Victor (Originally published as The Exile) 1958 and 1969 16, 32 The Morrison Case undated 16 Moscow Strikes Back (English commentary by Maltz) circa 1942 16 Pride of the Marines 1944, October 24 16, 32 The Naked City (Originally Homicide) 1947, May 20 29 Naked Heart undated 29, 30, 32 Paulette 1932 and undated 62 Research 28 Research Journals and West Virginia Coal Mining Pictures 1932 and undated 37-38 Research files for manuscripts and writings (secondary material, sources, and notes) undated 16, 32 The Robe (Credited to Philip Dunne but written by Maltz) 1946, December 11 17, 18, 32 Scalawag (Bar Silver) circa 1960s 19, 20, 32 Shattered Silence 1971 and earlier 21, 22, 32 Sierra (Miguel O’Hara) 1967 and earlier 16 Silver Nutmeg 1959-1962 22 Speedy undated 23 The Spy undated 23 A Tale of One January 1971 24, 32 Two Mules for Sister Sara 1960's 25, 26 The White Dacoit of Khyber Pass 1970's 27, 32 Witch Hunt undated Series III. Correspondence

Includes professional correspondence with authors, publishers, colleagues in the film industry, and government officials. Topics include writing, publishing, living in Mexico, the Hollywood 10 and blacklisting, film production, and other professional matters. There is also personal correspondence with and about Maltz's three wives, friends, and children.

41 Correspondence by Country undated 42 Correspondence by Country, Pedro Galvan, Rosyln Targ, Miscellaneous undated 43 Correspondence 1929 -1985 44 Correspondence 1955-1961 45 Correspondence 1962-1972 46 Correspondence 1971-1985 and undated 47 Hope Foye Scholarship Fund 1954 and undated 47 The Cross and the Arrow 1949-1973 47 The Citizen Writer 1947-1950 47 RE: Simon McKeever, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster 1976-1982 47 The Seven File, Public Relations, and Writer's Guild 1964 47 Mary Murray 1978 47 Short Stories 1951-1983 47 The House I Live In 1946 and 1958 47 Underground Stream, Fan Letter undated 47 A Long Day in a Short Life 1957-1983 47 Form Letters to Interviewers undated 47 Author's League Contract Advice 1972-1973 47 Pride of the Marines 1944, 1945, and undated 47 Data on Warner Brothers from Mary Baker 1944-1946 47 Author's League Special Folder 1946 47 War Effort 1942 and 1944 47 Mexico 1957-1958 47 Written Criticism of Books by Publishers and Friends 1953 47 Monsieur Victor, Alain Mangel 1979 47 Monsieur Victor, Correspondence, Criticisms, and Letters of Rejection 1968-1971 47 Stevenson, Current Work 1965 47 Peter Maltz 1954-1963 48 The Cross and the Arrow, Arron Kramer, Eugene Glickman 1969-1971 48 Albert's 1972 Round Robin Letters 1972 48 Financial 1950-1984 48 Elly Hopkins 1978-1985 48 Grab Bag Personal, From my Desk Tray 1947-1962 48 Photocopies of letters to me which I have given to universities through 1966 1945-1966 48 Photocopies of (largely) unpublished materials given to universities through 1966 circa 1966 48 Erzsi 1963-1984 48 The Literary Life 1966-1982 48 Blacklist undated 48 Miscellaneous 1969-1981 48 Miscellaneous 1977 48 Miscellaneous 1963-1981 48 Miscellaneous 1941-1984 48 Miscellaneous 1963-1983 48 Miscellaneous 1977-1980 48 Miscellaneous 1970-1977 48 Miscellaneous 1970-1981 48 Miscellaneous 1963-1964 49 Moving to New York 1968 49 Correspond (notes on a phone call to Snyder) 1971-1973 49 Max Wilkinson 1952 49 Union of South Africa 1958 49 Maxim Lieber 1954-1957 49 Frank Ross 1953-1955 49 Ernest Maltz 1951 49 Arthur Dossie, Bonnie Claire, and Lawson 1953-1955 49 Broken Arrow 1973 49 Exodus 1973 49 Private Slovick 1973 49 Black List, Moral Question 1963 49 Sierra/ Miguel O'Hara 1969 and 1974 49 Literary Business Contacts June - August 1962 49 Literary Business Contacts Sept. - Dec.t 1962 49 Witch Hunt 1963-1964 49 Urgent Correspondence 1972-1974 49 Literary Business Contacts June - August 1962 49 Storehouse of Autobiographical Miscellany Dec. 1951 - July 1952 49 Plan for Handling Funds in the Light of Devaluation 1954 49 Letters to LA Times about Bruce Cook's Trumbo Biography and Various Related Articles 1977 49 To be Xeroxed 1955 49 Letters from Europe 1929 49 Literary Business Contacts June - August 1962 49 Sinatra 1945-1960 49 Trumbo Correspondence, Plus Attorneys, Plus Maltz Statement Given to the N.Y. Times 1954-1980 49 Victor Navasky "Naming Names" 1980 49 Elizabeth Lampell 1968-1969 49 New Republic 1967 49 Loose Correspondence of Interest 11944-1962 49 Interview and article 1978-1979 49 Correspondence between Helen and Margaret 1941-1950 49 Copies of Brecht-Eisler correspondence 1935 50 Miscellaneous 1968-1970 50 Skadron, Bernard 1957 50 Margaret to Maltz and Miscellaneous 1934-1941 50 Miscellaneous, A-D 1965-1970 50 Miscellaneous, E-H 1963-1975 50 Miscellaneous, I-L 1963-1970 50 Miscellaneous, M-S 1965-1970 50 Miscellaneous, T-Z 1966-1970 50 Publishers 1954-1969 50 Items on London 1968-1969 50 American Documentary Films 1967 50 Miscellaneous 1968 50 Miscellaneous 1955-1965 50 Instructions on moving stuff from Mexico undated 50 Alfred Stern, Robert Stern, and Dr. Brill 1972 50 Miscellaneous 1953-1957 50 Miscellaneous 1968-1970 50 Literary and business correspondence, folder #4 1962-1963 50 Miscellaneous 1958 50 Miscellaneous 1957-1959 50 Miscellaneous correspondence and autobiography 1959 50 Skadron, Bernard 1958 51 Miscellaneous correspondence 1951-1959 51 Miscellaneous correspondence 1962 51 Lieber, Max 1958-1962 51 Fania correspondence #2 1961-1962 51 Violette - Pierro - Bill Cole - Dr. Goldstein 1960-1961 51 Fania correspondence folder #1 1960 51 Herbert Biberman 1955-1956 51 Jenner Committee 1953 51 King Brothers - Dalton Letters 1959 51 Miscellaneous correspondence (U.S.A.) 1959-1961 51 Ivan Von Auw, Jr. and Harold Ober Associates 1952-1959 51 Burges Johnson 1956-1961 51 Skadron, Bernard, general correspondence 1954-1960 51 Maltz - Dossie 1953-1955 51 Skadron, Bernie 1951-1952 51 Miscellaneous correspondence 1959 51 Peter Maltz 1958 51 Family 1957 51 Question of pseudonym and problems of publishing 1952 51 Miscellaneous, spring and summer 1960 51 Correspondence with Christopher La Farge and James Caine on Guild Matters 1947 51 Correspondence with Author's Guild 1946-1947 51 Correspondence with Christopher LaFarge, Oscar Hammerstein, Luise Sillcox, and others (Author's Guild) 1946-1947 51 Sam Ornitz 1972-1975 51 Germany 1963-1980 51 Greece 1966 51 Miscellaneous 1962-1965 51 "Salt of the Earth" case 1964 51 Assorted HUAC 1967-1968 51 Marcel Marceau 1969-1975 51 Lewis, Oscar 1963-1967 51 Halperin, Maurice 1969-1970 52 Theater Union meeting minutes and correspondence 1938 52 Miscellaneous correspondence and autobiography 1957-1959 52 General Correspondence October-December, 1951 52 Little Brown 1951 52 Arthur - Belford Lawson correspondence 1951-1953 52 Letters [concerning] Rosenburg Case 1952-1953 52 General Correspondence 1951-1957 52 Pete Correspondence 1962-1963 52 Miscellaneous 1962-1963 52 Ernesto 1951-1958 52 Albert's Letters of Condolence to Various People Pre-1968 52 Divorce Papers, Financial Settlements, and Private Agreement with Margaret 1963 52 Miscellaneous 1962-1967 52 Letters to Family During the Mexico Years 1948-1960 52 McKeener [Cross and Arrow] undated 52 Larkin, Margaret 1962-1966 52 Peter Maltz and Katherine Larkin 1962-1967 52 Trumbo and Biberman undated 52 Miscellaneous 1950-1964 52 Solzhenitsyn 1972-1973 52 Einig and Dietz 1946-1950 52 Maria Von Schweinitz 1947-1950 52 Volk und Welt 1949-1950 52 Various Writers 1947 and undated 52 Lieber, Maxim 1962-1981 52 Columbia Workshop 1937 52 Foye, Hope 1955-1970 52 Fania Fenelon 1962-1963 52 Belinda- Hope Foye 1969 52 The Journey of Simon McKeever 1948-1950 52 Ring Lardner Jr. 1978-1981 52 Fania Fenelon 1964-1967 52 Dashiell Hammett 1940 Series IV. Biographical Material

This series contains biographical material such as an oral history transcript and biography, secondary material, journals and diaries, and material about Maltz's family and friends.

53-54 Secondary Material (newspapers, journals, and other publications) 54-55 Financial and Medical Records 55 "Albert Maltz" by Jack Salzman (manuscript) undated 55 Our Family History by Maltz 1976 55 Oral History with Maltz (transcript) 1983 56 Foreign Publishers and Agents undated 56 Lectures on screenwriting 1983 and 1976 56 Julian Silva Photos and Biography 56 Rosemary and other wives 56 Autobiography 56 Written materials- speeches, correspondence, and drafts circa 1950 56 Philip Stevenson's Will undated 56 Philosophical and Social Observations and Endings undated 56 Literary Memo to Executors 1961 57 Journals and notebooks 1932-1934 58 Miscellaneous biographical material (vacations, notes, day planners) 59 Italy (Maps, menus, photos, language study, notes) 1964 Series V. Photographs

Contains photographs of theater stage designs and actors, travel photos from Italy, Mexico, and other destinations, and images of family members including Albert Maltz and his wife Rosemary. There are also pictures of friends, doctors, and animals.

 60 Professional Photographs undated 60 Travel Photographs undated 60 Family and Miscellaneous Photographs 1910-1985 61 Rosemary 1960s Series VI. Published Novels and Plays in Various Languages

64-70 Published Novels and Plays in Various Languages circa 1940-1980